Return of the Ancients: Unruly Tales of the Mythological Weird: 61 (British Library Tales of the Weird) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0712355677 ISBN 13: 9780712355674

Publisher: British Library Publishing, 2025

Synopsis

From the sun-seared shores of the Aegean to the misty bogs of ancient England, the dark tendrils of mythological gods and monsters have remained embedded in the minds of those who once believed, and throughout the past two centuries have inspired a haunting sub-genre of uncanny fiction.

Collecting up strange tales of legendary Greco-Roman figures, pagan deities of Old Britain and godlings and abominations from the world's pantheons returning to wreak havoc on modern civilization, this new anthology presents a thrilling array of weird fiction touched by the otherworldly and eternal mystique of myth, lore and legends.

Katy Soar’s follow-up to one of the most popular series titles, Circles of Stone, published in December 2023, this anthology features classic stories from writers such as Algernon Blackwood and Arthur Machen alongside the rare and unusual from the pulps and magazines of the British Library’s collections.

About this title

About the Author

Katy Soar is a Senior Lecturer in Classical Archaeology at the University of Winchester whose research explores the resonance of archaeology in culture. She co-edited (with Dr. Amara Thornton) the Handheld Press anthology Strange Relics (2022) and edited Circles of Stone for the British Library Tales of the Weird.

From the Back Cover

An anthology exploring a popular trend of modern publishing, showing writers' enduring fascination with mythology and the way it has interwoven with the strange and uncanny.

Edition details

• Publisher: British Library Publishing
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0712355677
• ISBN 13: 9780712355674
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 320
• Editor: Katy Soar